Spensy Pimentel
Special Envoy
and Irene Lôbo
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Nagoya (Japan) – The commitment of the governments of Brazil and Japan to work towards improving the lives of Brazilians residing today in Japan was the message that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left in Nagoya, Saturday (28), before embarking back to Brazil.

Brazilians living in Nagoya filled up the city’s conference hall to hear Lula’s speech, take pictures with him, or to simply shake hands with the President. The community faces problems because Brazilians are staying longer in Japan, and thus start to need services such as schools, health, and social security.

It was the first time that a President of Brazil visited a community of Brazilians in Japan. Currently, they are 280 thousand people. Lula said that Brazilian and Japanese authorities will intensify dialogue in order to solve these problems.

The Brazilian delegation arrived in Brasilia this Sunday (29) morning.

Translation: Andréa Alves